Australia & Recent Zealand | Full-Time | Newcastle or Sydney Based For over 30 years, Colterlec has been a trusted distributor of high-quality engineered electrical products and innovative solutions across Australia and New Zealand. We partner with globally recognised brands and deliver end-to-end solutions, from supply and custom design through to service and maintenance.

We're seeking an experienced Procurement & Supply Specialist to take ownership of procurement and supply coordination across our Australian and New Zealand operations. This is a pivotal role that will work closely with suppliers, warehouse teams, sales, engineering, and logistics stakeholders to ensure products and projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with exceptional service.

About the Role

Reporting to the National Logistics Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating purchasing, inventory replenishment, supply continuity, supplier relationships, and project-related procurement activities across Australia and New Zealand. This is a stand-alone specialist role offering variety, autonomy, and the opportunity to influence supply chain performance nationally.

Key Responsibilities

- Coordinate procurement, purchasing and supply activities across Australia and New Zealand
- Manage customer sales orders, supplier purchase orders, work orders and bills of materials
- Monitor supplier lead times, backorders and procurement pipelines
- Build and maintain strong relationships with local and international suppliers
- Support inventory planning, replenishment and stock optimisation activities
- Proactively identify supply risks and implement solutions to minimise disruptions
- Coordinate project deliveries and ensure accurate and timely shipment outcomes
- Manage supplier communications relating to returns, warranties and operational support
- Support non-engineering assembly workflows and cross-functional operational activities




- Produce procurement and supply reports, maintaining data accuracy and process integrity
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across procurement, inventory and supply chain processes.

About You You are a proactive procurement or supply chain professional who enjoys problem-solving, building supplier relationships and improving operational performance.

To be successful, you will have:

- Experience in procurement, purchasing, inventory control, supply chain coordination or a similar role
- Experience working within a distribution, technical, industrial or wholesale environment
- Strong ERP experience, ideally NetSuite
- Sound understanding of purchasing, supplier management, inventory planning and replenishment processes
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- A collaborative and team-focused approach.

Highly Regarded

- Experience within the electrical distribution industry
- Exposure to project delivery, logistics coordination or warranty management
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Supply Chain or a related discipline
- Experience supporting supplier performance and procurement reporting.

What's on Offer?

- Key national role with responsibility across Australia and New Zealand
- Opportunity to influence procurement and supply chain outcomes
- Work with a respected and growing organisation
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Diverse role with exposure to procurement, inventory, supplier management and project delivery
- Long-term career development opportunities

Apply Now If you're looking for an prospect to make a real impact across a national and trans-Tasman supply network, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of Colterlec's continued growth and success.

📌 Procurement & Supply Specialist (Newcastle)
🏢 Colterlec
📍 Newcastle